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Re: Coal Car Question
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:28:16 GMT
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> The car is rotated to empty it out. In the dusty archives of this group is a
> link to a rotary tipper that someone built.
Ah, you would be meaning:
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/2049/LegoHTML/lego.html
(and the Coal Unloader it be!)
Note, I don't run the train through in one piece, but break it up. Depending
on installation, the system varies. I doubt it is possible with the current
lego parts available to build one that will keep the coupler at the same height
(no large gears available in lego with a hole in them...), so breaking up the
train to unload is required. I have a RC switcher that I modified to use for
shunting the waggons into place.
James
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| (...) The car is rotated to empty it out. In the dusty archives of this group is a link to a rotary tipper that someone built. Note that in the prototype, often a cut of cars is rotated *in place*, that is, while still coupled in the train. This (...) (24 years ago, 20-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains)
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